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Photo by Lut Williams
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Collie Nicholson speaks
o audience after
eceiving Trailblazer
iward in Rochester.
IT MILWAUKEE BUCKS TAKE SHAWS RONALD
MURRAY IN SECOND ROUND OF NBA DRAFT
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UNDER THE BANNER
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(VHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
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LONGTIME UAPB AD PASS
ES: After 56 years of service, the University of
iff is mourning the loss of its ath
t O. Clemmons who died early
6) at Jefferson Regional Medical
Clemmons. who was 77 years old.
1 April to retire as athletic director
nt was appointed. In addition to his
ions served as an assistant profes
of Health. Physical Education and
Recreation for more than 40
years. He played a vital role in
UAPB's return to the
Southwestern Athletic
Conference and is credited as
-<,u ? I : ?- .L . c
me |mi pi il l i i1 'I mc sjuiucm l-iiii il nrjoi ning me conter
ence in 1997 after a 20-year absence. Clemmons, who
served as head basketball coach for 20 years before
resigning in 1977. compiled a 296-217 record which
ranked seventh at that time among active NCAA Division
II coaches. His most accomplished season was in 1967
w hen he was named NAIA-District 30 Coach of the Year
after leading UAPB to its only SWAC basketball cham
pionship and to the NCAA Division II national post sea
son tournament. The Lions posted a 24-7 record that year.
Led by All-American shooting guard James "Mack"
Allen and prolific scoring guard Harold Blevins, the
Lions led the NCAA Division II ranks in team scoring
with an average of 100 points per contest during the
1963-64 basketball season. Blevins later became the
first-ever Golden Lion basketball player to be drafted
when the New York Knicks of the National Basketball
Association selected him in the second round of the 1965
draft. A native of Almyra, Arkansas. Clemmons received
his undergraduate degree form Arkansas A MAN
College and his master's degree from Indiana University.
Clemmons is survived by his wife of 54 years, Faye,
three sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held
Wednesday in the auditorium of the Hathaway-Howard
Fine Arts Center on campus. In lieu of flowers, donations
Can sent to the H.O. Clemmons Athletic Scholarship
Fund at UAPB
UAPB Photo
CLEMMONS: Spent
56 years at UAPB as
teacher, coach and
athletic director.
THE STAT CORNER
VHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS |N BLACK COLLEGE
DATES FOR PRESEASON
BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL
EVENTS
CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
(CIAA)
PRESS CONFERENCE AND LUNCHEON
Thursday, July 25, 11:30 am
Virginia State University
Jones Dining Hall
Ettrick, Va.
SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
(SIAC)
KICKOFF LUNCHEON
Friday, July 26, 12 noon
Radisson Hotel Atlanta Northlake
4156 LaVista Rd.
Tucker, Ga.
SOUTHWESTERN
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
(SWAC)
FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY
Friday, Aug. 2, 9 am to 4 pm
Harbert Center and SWAC Office
Birmingham, Al.
O MID EASTERN
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
(MEAC)
FOOTBALL PRESS LUNCHEON
Friday, Aug. 2, 12 noon
Hilton Crystal City at National Airport
Arlington, Va.
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?AZEEZ Communications, tnc. VOL. VIII, NO. 47
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
PLAYER SCHOOL POS. CL. HT. WT.
Tony Romo Eastern Illinois OB Sr. 6-3, 204
Ryan Johnson Montana State RB Sr. 6-0, 210
P.J Mays Youngstown State RB Sr. 5-9.206
Chas Gessner Brown WR Sr 6-5,200
Carl Morris Harvard WR Sr. 6-3.210
Chris Coleman Alabama State TE Sr. 6-3,235
Jeff Santacroce Lehigh C Sr. 6-3,290
Kevin Hill Eastern Illinois G Sr. 6-3,285
Chris Price Western Kentucky G Sr. 6-0, 290
Dwight Beard William & Mary T Sr. 6-4,315
Chad Setterstrom Northern Idwa T Sr. 6-3,296
Mac Hoambrecker Northern Iowa K Sr. 6-0, 196
Curtis DeLoatch N. Caroline A*T RS Jr. 6-3, 205
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
PLAYER SCHOOL POS. CL. HT. WT.
Juston Wood Portland State Qfr* Sr. 6-1,192
C.J. Hudson Eastern Kentucky RB So. 5-7, 200
Stephan Lewis New Hampshire RB Sr. 5-8, 200
Michael Hayes Southern WR Sr. 6-5,220
Rich Musinski William & Mary WR Jr. 6-1,195
Steve Farmer Tennessee State TE Sr. 6-5,255
Kareem Sanders N. Carolina A&T C So. 6-3. 325
Gary Jenkins Southern G Sr. 6-3,290
Kevin Noone Dartmouth G Sr. 6-3,260
Mike Brigandi Hofstra T Sr. 6-3,321
Mike Bujnak Eastern Illinois T So. 6-5. 288
Brian Morgan Grambling State K So 5-10, 185
Brian Bratton Furman RS So. 5-11,175
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
Robert Kent Jackson State QB Jr. 6-5, 205
Erik Stelner Hampton G Sr. 6-3.300
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
D.J Bleisath Tennessee Tech DE Sr. 6-4.255
Joah Jeffries Appalachian Stale DE Sr. 6-2. 265
Valdamar Brower Massachusetts DT Jr. 6-5.253
Freddy Pesqueira Georgia Southern DT Sr. 6-1,250
Stephen Cooper Maine LB Sr. 6-1.218
Ehk Dandy Western Kentucky LB Jr. 6-0. 205
Nick Ricks Eastern Illinois LB Jr. 5-11,219
Tracy White Howard LB Sr. 6-0,230
Jon Ambrose St Peter's S Sr. 5-10, 180
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David Young Georgia Southern S Sr "
6-2, 205
Chris Brown Grambling CB Sr. 6-1 200
Tony Tiller E.Tenn St CB Jr 6-1 185
Eddie Johnson Idaho St P Sr 6-4 225
SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
Sean Kelly FAMU DE So. 6-1 218
Ahmad Willis NW State DE Sr. 6-1 256
Marcus Adams E.Kentucky DT Sr. 5-11278
Nathan Fuqua Woftord DT Sr 6-2 285
Dante Balestracci Harvard LB Jr. 6-2 230
Matt McFadden Weber St LB Jr 6-2 225
Dan Mulhern Delaware LB Sr 6-3 223
Greg Pitts SW Texas LB Sr 6-4 230
Hadley Prince McN.St. S Sr. 5-9 195
Ameer Riley Colgate S Sr. 6-0 193
Santino Hall Tex. S'thern CB Sr. 6-1 185
Joey Thomas Montana St. CBJr. 6-2 185
David Beckford Alabama St. P Sr. 6-0 185
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
Ear) Cochran Alabama St. DE Sr. 6-4 225
Rashean Mathis B-Cookman S Sr. 6-2 186
D. Rheubottom Del State CB So. 5-9
Photo by Lut Williams
AWARDEE: Famed Grambling SID Collie Nicholson (r.) receives CoSIDA
Trailblazer Award from Syracuse University's Pete Moore, outgoing presi
dent of CoSIDA.
Photo by Carol Hudson
NEW OFFICERS: Newly elected officers of the Black College Sports
Information Directors Association (BCSIDA) are (I. to r.): Treasurer, Marlon
Reed (Miississippi Valley State), Secretary, April Emory (Elizabeth City
State), President. Bill Hamilton (South Carolina State). Vice President,
Patricia Harvey (Hampton), Sergeant at Arms. Kia Mason (N. C. A&T) and
CIAA Representative, Shera White.
Grambling trailblazer honored by peers
ERIC MOORE
Special to the BCSP
ROCHESTER. NY6- The Black
College Sports Information Directors
Association (BCSIDAl heard inspiring
words from Grambling famed pitch
man Collie Nicholson to highlight their
annual meeting during the College
Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA) Workshop here
June 30 - July 3.
Considered the public relations
genius behind the ascension of
Grambling University football to
international recognition. Nicholson
was at the convention to receive
CoSIDA's prestigious Trailblazer
Award, which had been awarded only
one other time to a pioneer in the sports
information field. He provided a brief
recap to BCSIDA members of a care
fully executed plan to bring recognition
to a small school in Louisiana.
"I was at the right place at the right
time," said Nicholson who served as
Grambling's public relations director
from 1948 to 1978. "We had a five-year
plan to make Grambling black
America's football team. Just like Notre
Dame built a Catholic base, we wanted
to build a black base with Grambling
football." And they did.
The combination of creative
Grumbling President, Dr. Ralph Waldo it
Emerson Jones, legendary head football
coach Eddie Robinson and Nicholson c
made the execution of the plan a smash- o
ing success. o
"We had a strategy that included
getting stories to some 400 black news- ft
papers, the Grambling Football at
Highlights Show on television and play- i
ing games throughout the country," V
Nicholson stated. "We played in 27 of n
the 50 states, in Hawaii and Japan, a
before packed stadiums and the high- d
lights show was on 90 TV stations across y
the nation." o
Nicholson joined Penn State's it
Mary Jo Haverbeck, a pioneer in foster
ing meaningful gains for women in n
sports information, as a recipient of the o
Trailblazer Award. South Carolina 11
State Sports Information Director. Bill E
Hamilton, the newly elected president S
of the BCSIDA. will be forwarding a \
proposal to the CoSIDA Special Awards .\
Committee to name the Trailblazer C
Award for Nicholson and Haverbeck. R
"Collie Nicholson set a standard of a
integrity, professionalism and compe- Ii
tence that has served as a role for hun- L
dreds of black sportswriters and sports A
information directors to follow." said
Rod Commons. SID at Washington State a
quoting from the Shreveport Sun in his Ii
ttroduction of Nicholson.
"This is the best birthday present I
ould possible receive." said Nicholson
n accepting the award. He turned 81
n July 5.
Nicholson's name was put forward t;
vr the award by former SVV'AC associ
te commissioner. Lonza Hardy, who ,
. now athletic director at Mississippi S
alley State University. Hardy nomi- j|
ated Nicholson for the award a year
go when Haverbeck was honored and
eclined to attend the convention last
ear when the organization's board
inly voted for Haverbeck. Hardy was
n attendance in Rochester.
BCSIDA elected officers for the
ext three years. Along with Hamilton 1
ther officers are Patricia Harvey
Hampton. Vice President). April '
mors (Elizabeth City State. 1
ecretary ). Marlon Reed (Mississippi '
alley State. Treasurer) and Kia
lason (N. C. A&T. Parliamentarian). '
'onference and Independent
(epresentatives to the Executive Board 1
re Shera White Central
ntercollegiate Athletic Association. '
.ecounte Conaway - Mid Eastern '
kthletic Conference. Wallace Dooley 1
Southwestern Athletic Conference
nd Ken Marshall (Central State) - 1
^dependents. The membership post
poned filling the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
?epresentative position until further
nformation was available concerning
he illness of Charles Mooney SIAC
Assistant Commissioner for Media
delations.
BCSIDA was founded in 19X4 for
he purpose of preserving and promoting
ntercollegiate athletics at Historically
Slack Colleges and Universities. The
rrganization meets annually at the
rational CoSIDA convention which was
tttended this year by nearly 5(X) of the
ration's sports information directors.
Photo by Lut Williams
HARDY AND NICHOLSON: Honoree
Collie Nicholson (I.) is flanked by Lonza
Hardy, the Mississippi Valley athletic
director that nominated him for the
Trailblazer Award.
BCSP Notes - ?? ? ?:
Murray taken in second round
of NBA Draft by Milwaukee
Shaw guard Ronald Murray, the CIAA and NCAA Div
II player of the year, was taken with the 42nd pick, the 13th
selection of the second round, of the June 26 NBA Draft by the
Milwaukee Bucks.
Murray, who averaged 23 points and six assists while
leading the Bears to their first-ever CIAA title and NCAA Div.
II Final Four appearance, is the first black college player to go
in the draft since St. Paul's forward Antwain Smith was taken
in the second round of the 1999 draft.
"Murray's a real talent. He can score." said NBA Director
of Scouting. Marty Blake, in his post-draft analysis on
NBA.com.
On the Bucks website (www.nba.com/bucks). General
Manager Ernie Grunfeld has this description of the 6-4
Philadelphia native.
"And Ronald Murray who we got at the 42nd pick was
the Division II Player of the Year. He's a combo guard who's
very good defensively. He has great size for a point guard and
is a very tough, hard-nosed competitive guy and we were real
ly glad to get him also."
MEAC makes staff appointments
The Mid-Eastern Athletic- Conference has announced
two staff appointments. Luis B. (irillo has been appointed
coordinator of men's basketball officials and LeCounte
Conaway has been appointed director of media relations.
"Grillo is a major added professional to the Conference.
His officiating knowledge, allegiance to the MEAC during his
formative years and experience will greatly assist the
Conference basketball officiating program to maximize its
potential." stated MEAC Interim Commissioner Brenda H.
McCoy.
He is presently serving as a NBA Referee, a position he
has held since 1988. Prior to joining the NBA ranks, he mas
tered his officiating skills on the collegiate level in the MEAC.
SEC. ACC. CAA and the CIAA. He was assigned to his first
NCAA Division I Tournament in 1986 and worked the
Division I Final Four in 1987 and 1988.
During the past year Conaway served as assistant director
of athletics for sports - information and Marketing at Shaw
University, his alma mater. Prior to Shav*. he served as sports
information director at Hampton University for 12 years (1988
2000).
"LeCounte brings over 25 years of collegiate athletic pub
lic relations experience to this office, along with dedicated
knowledge and service to the ME AC. 1 am looking forward to
hav ing him as a part of our team." stated McCoy.
Conaway began his career in 1977 at the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore as sports information director and
served in that capacity until 1980. After a year at Shaw
University as operations manager of WSHA-FM and part-time
sports information director, he was appointed sports information
director at Virginia State University, a position he held for three
years (1981-84).
In 1984. Conaway was appointed public relations director
for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association iCIAA)
and served in that capacity until 1987. Following his CIAA
tenure, he served a ypM as SID at Norfolk State University
before moving to Hampton.
Whitney to receive
inaugural NCAA award
Davey L. Whitnev the legendary basketball coach for
more than 26 years at Alcorn State University in Mississippi,
has been named the first recipient of the NCAA Hall of
Champions Journey Award. The award was created to honor
those who have encouraged excellence in collegiate student-ath
letes. To be eligible for the Journev Award, nominees must have:
? Inspired NCAA student-athletes.
? ^ Championed the purpose of the NCAA.
? Established and maintained an env ironment
that^alues cultural diversity and gender
equity, and
? Exemplified the RICHER principles in their
daily lives. The RICHER principles are the
bedrock values of the NCAA Stav in Bounds
program for youth in grades three through
eight and stand for Respect. Integrity. Caring.
Harmony and Excellence.
The NCAA will give a Journey Award (or awards)
annually. ? George Smith-, the director of the Hall of
Champions, will present the award to Whitney at 1 p.m.;
Saturday at the NCAA Hall of Champions in White Riv$*
State Park. The presentation w ill be part of the festivities m/?
rounding the current traveling exhibit. "Discover Greatness?
This exhibit contains the largest collection of baseball phc*
tographs from the Negro Leagues that flourished from 1920
to the early, 1960s. The collection is on loan from the Negro
Leagues Baseball Museum 111 Kansas City. Missouri.
Whitney actually played professional baseball with the
Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Baseball Leagues as a
shortstop from 1952 to 1954 Several other former Negro
Leagues players also will be available at the Hall this week
end. Former members of the Indianapolis Clowns team and
their batboy will be on hand from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday!
and from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The Hall of Champions i?
located at 700 West Washington Street in Indianapolis
Whitney has set standards that no other basketball
coach has matched in the history of Alcorn State or the
Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). He has a
career record of 5S1-338 as a collegiate head coach and a
career record of 496-275 at Alcorn State.
The oldest living African-American current head bas
ketball coach in the NCAA, the 72-year-old has spear-head
ed more winning seasons than any of his predecessors at
Alcorn State and was the first SWAC coach to lead his ream
to a victory in the NCAA Division I Basketball
Championships. Notably his teams have participated in 12
national post-season tournaments, including five NCAAs
and one NIT.
On December 20. 1999. W'hjjnev. affectionately nick
named the "Wiz." reached a milestone in his stoned carper as
a college head coach, w hen he became part of a select group
of Division I coaches to reach the 5(X)-win mark during their
careers. In addition. WTiitnev. a graduate ot kentuckv State
I niversity. has won SWAC Coach-of-the-Year honors nine
times, and is ranked among the top-six winningcst active
coaches in Amenca.